CONTENTS
Prologue i
i. Of his Manner of Life in the Secular State 7
ii.. Of his Perfect Conversion unto God, and of the Repairing of the three Churches 14
iii. Of the Founding of his Religion, and Sanction of the Rule 23
iv. Of the Advancement of the Order under
his Hand, and of the Confirmation of the Rule already Sanctioned 33
v. Of the Austerity of his Life, and of how all Created Things afforded him Comfort 45
vi. Of his Humility and Obedience, and of the Divine Condescensions shewn unto him at Will 56
vii. Of his Love for Poverty, and of the "Wondrous Supplying of his Needs 68
viii. Of the Kindly Impulses of his Piety, and of how the Creatures lacking Understanding seemed to be made Subject unto him 80
ix. Of his Ardent Love, and Yearning for Martyrdom 04
x. Of his Zeal and Efficacy in Prayer 104
xi. Of his Understanding of the Scriptures, and of his Spirit of Prophecy 113
xii. Of the Efficacy of his Preaching, and of his Gift of Healing 125
xiii. Of the Sacred Stigmata 137
xiv. Of his Sufferings and Death 148
xv. Of his Canonisation, and the Translation of his Body 155
Miracles Wrought after his Death
i. Concerning the Powers of the Sacred page Stigmata 163
ii. Of the Dead that were Raised 171
iii. Of them that he Delivered from the Peril of Death 177
iv. Of them that were Saved from Shipwreck 185
v. Of them that he Set Free from Bonds and Imprisonment 189
vi. Of them that were Delivered from the Perils of Childbirth 193
vii. Of the Blind that Received Sight 198
viii. Of them that were Delivered from Divers Diseases 202
ix. Of them that did not Observe his Feast, And That Failed In Reverence Toward the Saint 206
x. Of certain other Miracles of Divers Kinds 210
Translator's Note 218

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